Deuteronomy 14:20:3Deut.14.20.W3TAB
תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃
toakhelu
“you may eat”
- Transliteration
- to-a-KHE-lu
- Extended
- toh-ah-KHEH-loo
- IPA
- /toʔaˈxeːlu/
Meaning by language
- English
- you may eat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-a-KHE-lu
- sentence
KOL-OF ta-HOR to-a-KHE-lu
Exegesis
It immediately precedes the substantive construct ’owph {עוֹף | ʿōp̄} ‘bird’, modified by the adjective tahor {טָהוֹר | ṭāhôr} ‘clean’, together forming the direct object of the imperative verb tokhelu {תֹּאכֵלוּ | tōʾəḵlû} ‘you shall eat’. The Hebrew word order—object phrase before verb—is typical for emphasis on the limited category of permissible items. The maqqef linking kol-’owph conjoins quantifier and noun tightly. In English, the noun-first position is preserved in the formal rendering, while the dynamic shifts the verb phrase and subject to the front for natural flow.
Root and etymology
א-כ-ל
“to eat”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:20
Every clean bird you shall eat .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 14:20, so the Hebrew word תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃ (toakhelu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.14.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.20.W3.S1) and character.